ADAR

, in the Hebrew Chronology, is the 6th month of their civil year, but the 12th of their ecclesiastical year. It contains only 29 days; and it answers to our February; but sometimes entering into the month of March, according to the course of the moon.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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ACTIVITY
ACUBENE
ACUTE
ADAGIO
ADAMAS
* ADAR
ADDITION
ADDITIVE
ADELARD
ADELM
ADERAIMIN